Doris Kearns Goodwin
Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian | Author of Team of Rivals
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Doris Kearns Goodwin won the Pulitzer Prize for her exploration of American presidential leadership. Her books on Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, and other presidents reveal the human stories behind transformative moments in history.
She is a Harvard scholar and frequent commentator on leadership. Doris's keynotes show what leaders today can learn from those who navigated the country's greatest challenges.
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Lessons from past presidents
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about what we can learn from American presidents, including Abraham Lincoln and Lyndon Johnson. Then she shares a moving memory of her own father, and of their shared love of baseball.
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